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20 deaths and 359 new positive cases were reported in Delhi in 24 hours till midnight yesterday, taking the total number of cases to 7998 and deaths to 106. 346 people have been cured/discharged taking the total number of recovered cases to 2858: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain

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87 fresh cases of coronavirus in Rajasthan

Rajasthan recorded 87 fresh cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the state's virus tally to 4,213, an official said. The state has so far seen 117 deaths due to the virus, with Jaipur accounting for 60 deaths. "As many as 87 fresh cases have been reported in 10 districts of the state today, including 32 in Jaipur district," Additional Chief Secretary (Health), Rohit Kumar Singh, said. Besides Jaipur, 24 cases were reported in Pali; 12 in Udaipur, seven in Rajsamand, five in Swai Madhopur, three from Kota, two from Tonk and one each in Banswara, Tonk, Bharatpur and Nagaur. A total of 4,213 cases of the virus have been reported in the state so far. Singh said so far 2,455 patients have tested negative for the infection after treatment, of which 2,159 have been discharged from hospitals. The state has 1,641 active cases.

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87 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the Jaipur taking tally to 4213. No death has been reported.

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Lockdown: First train reaches Delhi, passengers scramble for transport for onward journeys

Hundreds of passengers from Gujarat and Rajasthan reached New Delhi on Wednesday on the first train to arrive here since the resumption of railway services, as a large number of them gathered on roads outside the station with no transport available for onward journeys. The train departed from Ahmedabad at 6:30 pm on Tuesday and reached New Delhi at 8 am. The Indian Railways resumed passenger train operations from May 12, initially with 15 pairs of trains, weeks after these were suspended due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. Many passengers stood clueless outside the railway station, while some tried to convince to local cab drivers to take them home in various states. A group of 14 men who worked at a hotel in Jaipur were among those scrambling for a transport. Ashok Tamta, 22, from Khatima in Uttarakhand said they have no clue as to how they will reach their home.

As on 12th May, 101 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in Odisha taking the total number of cases in the state to 538 including 419 active cases, 116 cured/discharged and 3 deceased: Odisha Health Department

87 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan today, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 4213. No death reported in the state today; death toll stands at 117: Rajasthan Health Department

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37 fresh Covid-19 cases including 15 in Lucknow reported in the past 25 hours: KGMU admin

Spike of 3525 Covid-19 cases and 122 deaths in the last 24 hours; total positive cases in the country is now at 74281, including 47480 active cases, 24386 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 2415 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare